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Re: This could have gone worse, no? (none / 0)
Varoufakis still has his work cut for him balancing the books, though.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Feb 25th, 2015 at 05:24:54 AM EST
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Re: This could have gone worse, no? (4.00 / 2)
If there are actual books to balance, that would be a bonus.
by Upstate NY on Wed Feb 25th, 2015 at 09:33:57 AM EST
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And if there are not what does that say about the 'oversight' of the Troika?

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Feb 26th, 2015 at 04:01:05 PM EST
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Re: This could have gone worse, no? (4.00 / 2)
The Troika doesn't have oversight.

The Troika is the oversight.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Feb 26th, 2015 at 04:55:46 PM EST
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Re: This could have gone worse, no? (none / 0)
Guess it would mean "The Troika don't need no stinkin books!"

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Feb 26th, 2015 at 05:49:42 PM EST
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